The Master of Public Health (MPH) degree program is offered 100% online and is designed to prepare Public Health practitioners for complex local, national and global issues in contemporary Public Health. The objective is to promote equity, inquiry, health, and well-being, as well as develop thoughtful leaders by providing a relevant and innovative competency-based curriculum. There are three concentrations in the University of Bridgeport’s MPH program;
- Global Health
- Community Health
- Health Policy and Management
The program consists of 42 semester credit hours; 33 core credits and 9 concentration credits and can be completed in 15 months by taking courses in an accelerated 7 week format.
Mission Statement
The mission of the public health program is to develop the next generation of public health professionals to advance health equity and promote individual, family, and community health through innovative education, community service, and research.
MPH career options:
- Policy analysis in health planning organizations and governmental agencies
- Health maintenance organizations
- Public Health Officer
- Non-profit Executive Director
- Epidemiologist
- Congressional Staffer
- Biostatistician
- Health Promotion Specialist
- Researcher
- Emergency management
- Health insurance companies
- Occupational health and safety services
- Public Health education
- Environmental Health Officer
- Healthcare Administrative and management positions in:
- Hospitals
- Clinics
- State and local health departments
- Nursing homes
- Mental health facilities
Admission Requirements
• Complete a graduate application for admission.
• Submit an official transcript verifying receipt of a bachelor’s degree from a college or university accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) or the equivalent of this degree from another country with a cumulative GPA of at least 2.5.
• Applicants with less than a 2.5 CGPA may be considered for conditional admittance into the program under certain circumstances.
Program Goals
We accomplish our mission by pursuing three specific goals:
1. Prepare students for public health careers through engaging and innovative teaching and learning environments. (Instruction focus)
2. Advance health equity at local, state, national, and global levels with a focus on social determinants of health and cultural competence through faculty and student scholarship. (Research focus)
3. Involve students and faculty in creating solutions through service experiences that improve health and wellness and promote social justice. (Service focus)
Student Learning Outcome
- Students will develop a practitioner’s understanding of Global, National, Regional and Local Public Health issues
- Students will be able to identify as well as apply appropriate quantitative and qualitative data collection methods to analyze and describe public health problems
- Students will be able to apply epidemiologic methods to analyze patterns of disease and discuss application to control problems
- Students will be able to understand the relationship between environmental factors and community health; discuss remediation for environmental health problems
- Students will be able to apply principles of leadership, policy development, budgeting and program management in the planning implementation and evaluation of health programs for individuals and populations.
- Students will be able to identify behavioral, social and cultural factors that influence individual and group health and health disparities
Graduation Requirements
Students must complete all MPH program curriculum requirements. UB Graduate programs require that all grades applied toward the degree be “C” or better. The grade of “C-“cannot be used to satisfy degree requirements. The minimum cumulative grade point average necessary to continue graduate studies is 3.0 and the minimum semester grade point average to continue graduate studies is 2.0.
